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[[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]], '''A Brief Account of the Countries Adjoining the Lake of Tiberias, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea''' (Bath: Meyler & Son; and London: Hatchard, 1810).
[[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]], '''A Brief Account of the Countries Adjoining the Lake of Tiberias, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea''' (Bath: Meyler & Son; and London: Hatchard, 1810).
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==Abstract==
==Abstract==


[[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]] traveled to the [[Land of Israel]] in 1812. On 22 August 1812, he became the first modern European to lay eyes on the ancient Nabataean city of Petra.
[[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]] traveled to the [[Land of Israel]] from April 1808 to March 1809. His report was published in 1810 by the Palestine Association of London.


Burckhardt died in 1817 in Cairo, before returning to Europe, but he had from time to time carefully transmitted to England his journals and notes, and a copious series of letters, so very few details of his journeys have been lost. The book was published posthumously in 1822 by  the ''Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa''. It raised interest for the beginning of modern [[Biblical Archaeology]].
Seetzen died in 1811, murdered while he was trying to reach Petra. Its work inspired other travelers and raised interest for the beginning of modern [[Biblical Archaeology]].


==Contents==
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[[Category:English language--1800s|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:English language--1800s|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Archaeology--1800s|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Archaeology--English|1810 Seetzen]]


[[Category:Bible Studies--1800s|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Bible Studies--1800s|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Bible Studies--English|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Bible Studies--English|1810 Seetzen]]


[[Category:Biblical Archaeology (subject)|1810 Seetzen]]
[[Category:Travelogues (subject)|1810 Seetzen]]

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Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, A Brief Account of the Countries Adjoining the Lake of Tiberias, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea (Bath: Meyler & Son; and London: Hatchard, 1810).

Abstract

Ulrich Jasper Seetzen traveled to the Land of Israel from April 1808 to March 1809. His report was published in 1810 by the Palestine Association of London.

Seetzen died in 1811, murdered while he was trying to reach Petra. Its work inspired other travelers and raised interest for the beginning of modern Biblical Archaeology.

Contents

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